About this product
A double-layer backpacking tent on 7001 aluminium poles, with a vestibule at each end and an embossed UPF 50+ fly. Under two and a half kilos.
The P-Series is the tent for someone who has outgrown a cheap dome but is not ready to spend on an ultralight shelter. It is a proper double-layer design: a breathable inner with B3 mesh panels, and a separate 210T polyester fly over it. That gap between the two layers is what stops condensation dripping on you at four in the morning, and it is the thing budget single-skin tents get wrong.
The poles are 7001 aluminium, not fiberglass. Aluminium flexes and springs back where fiberglass splinters, and after a season of being packed wet and jammed into a boot that difference shows. The fabric is a plain embossed 210T polyester rated PU 2000 mm, and Naturehike rates it UPF 50+ against ultraviolet, which matters more at this latitude than the rain rating does.
There is a vestibule at both ends rather than one, so boots and packs go outside the sleeping area at either door. The floor is 150D Oxford, heavier than the walls because that is the surface taking the abuse.
Pitched it is 205 x (45+160+40) x 110 cm. Packed it is 18 cm diameter x 49 cm and weighs 2.3 kg (5.1 lbs), which splits comfortably between two people on a trail.
Key Features
- Double-layer construction: separate inner and fly, so condensation runs down the outside rather than onto you
- 7001 aluminium alloy poles, not fiberglass
- 210T polyester fly with plain embossing, PU 2000 mm, rated UPF 50+ by Naturehike
- B3 breathable mesh panels in the inner tent against mosquitoes and sandflies
- 150D Oxford floor, heavier than the walls where it needs to be
- A vestibule at each end for boots and packs
- Sleeps 1 to 3, inner length 160 cm, peak height 110 cm
- 2.3 kg (5.1 lbs), packs to 18 cm diameter x 49 cm
Who It Suits
- Hikers and backpackers who carry their own tent
- Anyone upgrading from a fiberglass-pole budget dome
- Motorcycle and bicycle touring, where pack size decides everything
- Usambara, Udzungwa and Kilimanjaro foothill trails
- Campers who want two doors and two vestibules rather than one of each
It is a 3-season backpacking tent. Pegged down and guyed out it handles ordinary rain and wind well for its weight, but it is not a storm or high-altitude shelter.
What’s Included
- Outer tent (fly)
- Inner tent
- 7001 aluminium alloy poles x 2
- 17 cm aluminium alloy ground pegs x 15
- 250 cm wind rope x 6
- Storage bag
- Strapping tape
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